Unworthy Stanley Cup Winners?

[RazorClaw]

 I have been following Calgary all season, so perhaps this is a bit biased. Heres a comparison of the two teams' (Lightning and Flames') plights. Tampa bay, for the first two rounds, gets pretty much the crappiest teams in the playoffs. Then, they almost fail against Philedalphia, a team with some actual talent. Calgary, in the first round, beats Stanley Cup favorites Vancouver Canucks. Then, they beat Stanley Cup favorites Detroit Red Wings. After these two teams are eliminated, the NEW Stanley Cup favorite, San Jose Sharks, are beaten by Calgary. Now, the series for the Stanley Cup, between Calgary and Tampa, is held, and Calgary wins it in game six. HOWEVER, there was a goal that the referee missed because he was out of position. The cruddy NHL Officials, who had shown in the past that they were biased against Calgary, said no goal. Even though, on the TV replay, it was obviously a goal from two angles. So, Tampa ends up winning that game and the next one Calgary plays like crud 'til the Third Period. I don't believe that Tampa really deserved the Cup myself, whata are your thoughts???

[Nohcnonk]

 Nah, but sports can't always be fair, and they /did/ get lucky enough...

[Wildwood]

 

HOWEVER, there was a goal that the referee missed because he was out of position.

NHL proved that that was defenately not a goal.  And how can you say they got lucky, Tampa outplays the Flames, it is as simple as that.

[~>John<~]

 It wasn't a goal, sory. Them's the breaks

[Death Eater]

 Even if it was a goal, Calgary had plenty of opportunities to prove they were the better team. They had the rest of that game, plus they had an entire game 7. Tampa Bay were deservant winners.

One of the X factors was goaltending. Khabbibulin proved to be much better than the ordinary Kiprosoff, as personally, I was not impressed with this Calgary goaltender. He may have set the record for GAA in the regualr season, but the playoffs, in clutch situations, is where a goalies truth worth and talent shines through. The game 6 winning OT goal was a horrible play by Kiprosoff, and in game 7, he wasn't as sharp as he should've been.

Those are my comments. As soon as the Leafs were out, I really stopped following hockey in as much depth, but I still watched the finals as an outsider

[IFman]

 Why do they keep score, why not just let them play it, no one really cares who wins

except the coaches...


That goal should have counted, calgary won in my oppinion

[Juby (Tercios)]

 Bah, we have the mens and womens olympic hockey golds, Canada by way of calgary should have gotten the stanley cup agian, we haven't gotten it up here since Montreal *shakes fist towards Tampa Bay, Well let you see our olympic golds if you give us the cup*

[Wolf Snare]

NHL proved that that was defenately not a goal.  And how can you say they got lucky, Tampa outplays the Flames, it is as simple as that.

Well said. Tampa shone through.

I had money riding on that game (and the philly series), and I knew they would win (again).  

[calria]

 I think it's cool that a team in a tropical-ish place won.

Not that I actually follow sports, or even approve of their existance on this planet, but still...

[Garagas Ledavas]

 I live near Tampa and was at Game 7........:P so here are my reasons why Calgary lost.

1. Headhunting - they caused stupid penalties in the final minutes of games in which they were losing by 1

2.Not enough talent  - face it, Tampa is a more talented team.

3. Jarome Iginla shut down in games 6-7 - Tampa held him to 2 shots in the 1st and 2nd periods of game 6, and he had no shots in the 3rd period of game 6 and all of game 7.

4. The Bulin wall  :P

And btw, you complain about that one goal, yet Calgary got back into game 7 on a bogus penalty on the Lightning.....so it evens out. ;)

[RazorClaw]

Even if it was a goal, Calgary had plenty of opportunities to prove they were the better team. They had the rest of that game, plus they had an entire game 7. Tampa Bay were deservant winners.

One of the X factors was goaltending. Khabbibulin proved to be much better than the ordinary Kiprosoff, as personally, I was not impressed with this Calgary goaltender. He may have set the record for GAA in the regualr season, but the playoffs, in clutch situations, is where a goalies truth worth and talent shines through. The game 6 winning OT goal was a horrible play by Kiprosoff, and in game 7, he wasn't as sharp as he should've been.

Those are my comments. As soon as the Leafs were out, I really stopped following hockey in as much depth, but I still watched the finals as an outsider

Ordinary Kipprusoff? *coughbullcrapcough* The Bulin wall got hardly any coordinated shots, he just got solo ones. On the coordinated plays, for the most part, Calgary scored. *sigh* Not Canada vs. America, ppl. Look at the rosters of both teams, count up the American/Canadian players. The NHL didn't deem it no-goal, the NHL officials decided it. Biiiiiiig difference. btw, they'd shown that they were biased vs. Calgary before. The goal (from a few replay angles on my TV) was in by at least 4 inches...

[Garagas Ledavas]

 Now by coordinated would you mean one-timers and whatnot? Because I seem to remember cleary two shots, one a one-timer off of a faceoff in which Khabibulin gloved it extremely quickly (I myself had to see it again in slow-mo to see his glove), or the rebound where Calgary had a wide open net, and Khabibulin went all the way across the crease extremely quickly and made a beautiful kick save?

And btw, of course you say "the NHL wanted us to loose," but in fact, they would have generated more revenue having a Canadian team win. And you know that. (also, I'd say that the NHL wanted the Philadelphia Flyers to win way more than either team, so why weren't they there? eh? :P )

[~>John<~]

I think it's cool that a team in a tropical-ish place won.

Not that I actually follow sports, or even approve of their existance on this planet, but still...

How can you not approve of sports?

[Juby (Tercios)]

Not Canada vs. America, ppl. Look at the rosters of both teams, count up the American/Canadian players.

I know that regardless of who wins, Canada wins by havig like 60% of hockey players in the League but I want all the championships ot be physically here *shakes fist*

[VinnieOlle]

 I think neither calgary or tampa should have won. they both are bad. RED WINGS SHOULD BE THE CHAMPS